Exceptional Care, For Every Patient, Every day at Thoracic Surgery

Lanka Hospital thoracic surgery unit consists of qualified thoracic surgeons, anesthesiologists who are experienced in thoracic surgery, trained operation theatre nurses and technicians ,ICU staff, High dependency unit and dedicated surgical wards.

Thoracic surgery deals with diagnosis and surgical treatment of organs inside the thorax. (chest). Thoracic surgery can address different types of conditions, such as lung cancer, Cancer metastasis spread in lungs, benign growths in the lung (lung surgery), tumors in the chest wall, rib fractures and more. We focus on lung cancer treatment and offer VAT surgery (Video Assisted Thoracoscopy), lobectomy (removal of the affected lobe of the lung), excision of metastatic lesions (Cancers spread into lungs). We offer long term surgical palliative treatments for advanced cancer patients who have complications like collection of fluid inside lungs.

Lanka hospital is equipped with the latest high definition (190) bronchoscopy and EndoBronchial UltraSound Scan (EBUS) for diagnosis of thoracic and bronchial tumours. We are the only private hospital in Sri Lanka to offer EBUS for diagnosis of thoracic tumours and lesions.

Thoracic Surgery